Box-lid.



rr A l l A. C. SCHOEN.

BOX LID. APPLICATION FILED I'll/W29. 19M.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

,INVENTOR 7H5 NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. c.

BOX-LID.-

Application filed May 29, 1914.

thereof, with means transverse to the grain of the wood, or transverse to the warping direction thereof, whereby the lid will preserve a flat condition, especially when in its position on aboX, andits ends are greatly stiffened adding to the durability of the lid.

It consists further of the novel construction of the stays and lid, whereby they are firmly held on the latter by means within themselves, thus dispensing with fastening devices, such as nails, sprigs, spurs and the like.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of lid embodying my invention, including that of a boX to which the same is applied. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section of the lid, on the line m--ae Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents an end view of the lid in the transverse direction thereof. Fig. l represents an end view of. a log of wood from which said lid is produced, a portion of the log being shown removed, the same subsequently comprising part of the lid. Fig. 5 represents an edge view of the lid in the longitudinal direction thereof in comparatively normal curved condition. Fig. 6 represents a similar view of the same in flat condition. Fig. 7 represents a top or plan view thereof.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings :1 designates the lid of a box, the same being made of wood and liable to warp or bend, whereby it does not set flat or close snugly on the top of the box, as is well known in the class of cigar boxes. In order therefore to preserve the flat shape of the lid, I apply to the ends thereof in the transverse direction Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1L3, M9115.

Serial No. 841,768.

of the lid, which is at a right angle to the grain of the wood, the stays 2 which are formed of channeled pieces of metal within which the end portions of the lid are received, it being noticed that said stays consist each of inwardly inclined separate flanges'3, whose outer ends are joined by bends, said flanges converging from said bends to the inner ends of the former. The portions of the inner and outer surfaces of the lid just within the outer edges thereof are inclined so as to diverge to said edges, and the divergent portions are embraced by the convergent flanges 3, so that the stays and lid are connected by dove-tailed joints, whereby the former remain tightly on the latter without fastenings of any kind other than said dove-tailed joints, and so are self-locked in position.

In practice, the most convenient form of producing said dovetailed joint is by placing a stay on the end of a lid and subjecting the same to sufficient pressure, whereby the flanges 3 are bent in toward each other and the wood within the same is compressed by said flanges in the sloping form above stated, thus producing the dovetailed joint of the parts so that the stay is tightly connected with the lid and will not disengage therefrom especially in a lateral direction, hence the lid is braced on its ends at an angle to the grain of the wood and prevented from deflection, bending, or warping, so that it retains its flat shape, to all intents and purposes during subsequent existence and use.

In making the lid, I take a block of proper wood and soften the same by steam or otherwise, and then cut therefrom in circular direction a piece of the required thickness, as illustrated at 4, in Fig. 4:. This piece curves transversely to the direction of the grain of the wood, as shown in Fig. 5, when it is subjected to pressure and thereby flattened out forming the lid 1, shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The stays are then fitted on the lid and united thereto by the dovetailed joint stated.

The stays may be covered by strips 5 of suitable paper, fabric or other material, a fragment of which is shown in Fig. 1, but this is not an essential feature.

Attention is directed to the fact that I am enabled to use wood cut in the circular direction of a block or bolt of the same, the resultant piece while primarily curved being admirably adapted for the production of a flat lid therefrom. Thus I eflfect a savingof expense of manufacture of a lid in that there is little loss of wood since the block or bolt may be cut to almost the inmost core thereof, and so there is no waste of the same by saw dust.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A box lid and a channeled stay embracing the outer and inner faces of said lid within the edge thereof, said stay being composed of flanges which are connected With said facesof the lid by a dove-tail joint.

2. A box lid formed of wood, and a channeled stay embracing the edge portion of the same at an angle to the direction of the grain of the Wood, said stay being formed of opposite flanges, and a bend joining the same, said flanges andthe embraced portions of the lid formed into a dove-tail joint for said stay on said lid.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressin Washington, D. 0'.

3. A box lid formed of wood primarily curved and flattened, and a channeled stay embracing the edge portion of the same transversely to the grain of the Wood, said stay being formed of convergent flanges, and the portion of the lid embraced by the same having divergent faces forming together a dove-tail joint for said stay on said lid.

at. A box lid formed of wood, and a stay on the end thereof in a direction transverse to the grain of the wood, said stay being formed of separate flanges, and a bend connecting the same, said flanges being convergent from said bend, and the portions of the outer and inner faces of the lid within the edges of the latter embraced by said flanges divergent to said edges, said flanges and portions forming dove-tailed joints connecting the same.

AUGUST C. SCHOEN. lVitnesses J OHN A. lVIEnERsHEIM, N. BUSSINGER.

g the Commissioner of Patents, 

